Holder for match-boxes.



.1? i Y w, J. JONES.

HOLDER FOR MATGH BOXES.- APPLICATION FILED 001'. 1a, 1967.

Patent ed ov. 24, 1908.

I 'INVENTOR. V f a. game/a WWW aaal maq w ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES a PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. JONES, or 'NA'RBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA, .A S1e1voR,-BY MESNE"ASSIGNMENTS,

' TO THEnoLDF rnANUmorUs Ne COMPANY.

nonm'in r03 memoir-Boxes,

5 Specification hf Letters Patent;

Patented Nov. 24, mos.

Application filed 0ctobe'r 18, 1 907 .SeriaI'No. 397,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I, WILLIAM J. JONES, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Narberth, '"inthe county ofMontgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Holders for Matchoxes, of which the following isa specification.

v The principal object of the tion is to taining an present invenprov dea two-part holder for reprotecting so-called safety match boxes in suchmanner that a box'when once placed upon the. holder cannot be removedtherefrom without the destruction of the enl tire box. v

A further objectof the invention is to provide a two-part holder forso-called safety match boxes, in which both the cover and the drawerorreceiver of the box are pierced by suitable devices carried by one ofsaidparts, and held against removal therefromby interlocking mediums. pv

A still further object of the present inven' tion is to provide a light,.attractive,-durable eflicient and comparatively inexpensive twov Qpartholder for so'-called safety match boxes which will automaticallylockitself when the i ftion. j

Other objectsof the invention will appear parts are turned into closedor normal posihereinafter. j

The'invention consists of the im rovements hereinafter described andally claimed.-

The nature, characteristic features andscope of the invention will bemore fully" understood from the following descriptiontaken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of'aholder for match boxes .embodyig theinvention.

Fig. 2, is an elevational view partly in sec tion of the holderembodying" the invention and showing the position of the match box priorto the locking position of the holder. Fig. 3, is a sectional new of theholder illustrating a box of matches locked thereto. Fig. 4, is a frontview of a holder illustrating a slightly modified form of lockingattachment, and Fig. 5, is a perspectiv'e view of a slightly modifiedform of the piercing device.

In the drawings, the holder is shown as comprising a pair of members aand b,

Y of hinge is shown, obviouslyother means of hinging'the two memberstogether may be of the invention. The. member I), is'provided at itsupper portion with an opening d, by means of which the holder as a wholemay besuspended, if desired. The member I), is proyided at a pointadjacent to the bottom thereof with a piercing device e. As shown thisdevice e, consists of a thin metallic plate suitablysecured to the.member I), and is provided with an outwardly projecting'knife-likeextension 7, which is arranged at right angles to the member b. Thisknife-like projection f, is notched as at g,

for a purpose to be presently described. The device e,'is so arrangedthat the portion f, thereof projects centrally of the width of themember 6. Arranged above the device "e', there may be one or more pinsIt, the purpose of which will be presently pointed out. Al-

. though these p'lns'are shown separate from,

obviously they may form part of the device a. I The member a, isconsiderably shorter than the member 6, and is centrally slotted as at2', so that when the member a, is swung upward to normal. position, theknife-like projection f, is accommodated 'within the resilient,springlike device or detent j,

- which :as shown, comprises a piece of wire beut'into angular form, oneend of which is retained within the member a, and the free end of whichpasses through the slotted portion k, of the member a, or 'in otherwords extends across the slotted part i,.in order that when the .membera, is swung upward into parallelism with the member 12, the detent '7',will ride over the knife-like projection f, and spring back within thenotched portion 9, and securely lock the members an and 6, together. Thebeveled portion' Z, of the member 0, permits of access to the free endof the detent' j,.in order that the same may be lifted clear of thenotch g, when it is desired to separate the two members a and b.Referring now to Figs. 2 and 3, I have shown 'a boxpf matches comprisinga casing are placed the matches 3, and the method of securing the boxofmatches to the holder is as follows: The holder is preferably positioned as shown in Fig. 2, and the casing 1, placed over the member a,which will obviously cause the drawer 2, torest against resorted towithout departing from the spirit slot i. The member a, is provided witha 1, and'a drawer or receiver 2, within which the member a, as clearlyillustrated, it of course being understood that the drawer 2,

i is arranged with respect to the member b,

so that its open side is away from said member. The member. a,"tog'etherwith the match box is then swung backward so that the knifelikeprojection f, pierces the cover I,

of the match box, and the pins 'h,fpierce both the cover 1, and drawer2, of the match box, and the spring detent j, passes over the knife-likeprojection f," and engages the notch' g, thus locking'the parts, as isclearly v illustrated in Fig. 3f. Thematch box in this i position cannotbe removed from the holder.

without destroying thejbox, and when the supply of matches is exhausted,it is: necessary to mutilate the. box in orderto remove it from theholder., In this connection the ins h, facilitate the readymutilation ofthe p ox cover, since said'pins have the tendency to split saidcoverinthe tearing process.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, thev spring "detent is eliminated,and a pivotall'y arranged detent'm, is provided which iscentrally-slotted as at n. Thus when'the member a, is turned backward,the slotted part I of the detent m,; rides overv the knife-likeprojection f, and then drops and engagesthe notch g, and .locks theholder, as herein-'- before described. Obviously after the supplyofmatchesis exhausted and it is; desired to unlock the holder, the box ismutilated *anditis merely necessary to raise the spring detent j, or thepivotal detent m, out of the notch g, and permit the "member a, to swingforward, whereupon the balance of the'box' may be removed"and anothersubstituted.

In Fig. 5, there is shown a slightly modified form of piercing device inwhich the means piercing the box, and. engaging the knife-likeprojection f is provided. withlaterally-arranged wings f .These wings ffurther facilitate the piercing of the cover 1, of the match box. v

WhatIclaimis: v

1. A holder for match-boxes, in combination with aplu-rality of members;forming interlocking means concealed by the box, one member of saidinterlocking means plercln'g the box. Y

'2. A holder for mat ch-box'es, in combination with a plurality ofmembers forming interlocking means concealed and protected by the box,one member .of said mterlocking other member after: the piercingoperation. 3. A holder for match boxes comprising separable members, oneof which carries a piercing device, and the other of which carrie'sretaining means for said piercing device, such members forming lockingmechanism which is being wholly covered by the boxretained b the same.

4. A older for match boxes comprising separable members, one of which.carries a piercing device, andthe other of which car- 7 prevent thewithdrawal of the match-box match-box and holds the drawer of the samepierc ng ries retaining means for said piercing device, such membersforming locking mechanism which is bein wholly'covered by the matchboxretained y the same, and means for re taining the drawer of thematch-box in the extended position.

5. A holder for match-boxes comprising a pair ofmembers, and meanscarried by the respective members adapted to interlock and withoutdestruction'thereof, a part of said interlockin means piercing the box.

6. A holder for match-boxes comprising a pair of members, one of whichreceives the in the extended position, means carried by the respectivemembers adapted to interlock and prevent the withdrawal of the matchboxwithout destruction thereof, and means for holding the drawer to thebox.

7. A holder for match-boxes comprising a support, a box receivingmember, a notched device carried by the support, and means carriedby thebox receiving member for cotiperation with said piercing device to lockthe box receiving member to the support.

8,. A holder for match-boxes comprising a support, a box receivingmember, a notched piercing device carried-by the support, and yieldingmeans carried by the box receiving member for coiiperation with saidpiercing device to lock the box receiving member to the support.

9. A holder for safety match-boxes comprising a box receiving membersupporting the drawer of the box in the extended position, retainingmeans carried by said box receiving member, a support, and 'a piercingdevice carried by said support for co-action with the retaining meanscarried by the box receiving member, said piercing device penctratingthe box and engaging the retaining means. 1

10. A-holder for safety match-boxes comprising a box receivin memberserving to support the drawer o the box in the extended position, thebody of the box inclosin said member, retainin means carried by sald boxreceiving mem er, a support, a piercingdevice for co-action withtheretaining means carried by the box receiving member, said piercingdevice penetrating the box and engaging the retaining means, and meanscarried by the support for preventing withdrawal of the match-boxdrawer.

11.- A holder for safety match-boxes comprising a box receivin memberserving to support the drawer oi the box in the extended position, asupport, retaining means carried by the box receivin member a piercingdevice carried by sai support for cooperation with the retaining meanscarried by the box receiving member, said piercing member penetratingthe box and engaging the retaining means, and supplemental means thesame and moval.

' pr1s1ng a pair of members lation with each other and the respectivemembers adapted td-interlotsk somer p and thedrawer offpassing through.the box retaining the latteragainstre- 42. An article of the class:dt'escr-ibedcom having hinged ,re-

means carried byand prevent the withdrawal of a box'without' destructionthereof. 1

13. An article'of the classdlescribed com pr sing a support, a boxreceiving member hinged thereto, a notched ried by the piercing devicefixed to the support and yielding means car.- box receiving member forco-j operating with said device when the parts are swung intoparallelism to-lockthe parts together.

14. A match box holder 4 comprising, a

' pair of hinged members, one of said members being slottedrand providedwith a s ring detent, and theot'her of said members eing J provided with'a notched piercing device normally adapted foraccommodation within theaforesaidslotted portion," the said notched projection being adapted toreceive] the spring detent, whereby when the members are arranged inparallelism the match box is pierced and locked against remo'v'aL pairof hinged '15."A matchbox holder comprising a members, one of saidmemers being, slotted and provided with a spring detehtand the other; ofsaid members being providedwith a notched knife like prqectionand one ormore piercing devices arrangedjabove the knife-like projection, the

said knifelike projection adapted for accommodation slotted portion,

being normally I within the said and being adapted to receive 'the'aforesaid-spring detent for locking the.

two members together in parallelism,

16. An articleof the class described comprising a substantially flat andelongated member-forming a support said member being provided Withboxand having hinged relation" with respect thereto and 'means c arriedbysaid support for interlock ing with'means'carri'ed by the boxreceiving" member.

' In testimony signed my name.

I 'wM I. JONES. Wi tnesses: 3 L. C. ODIORNE,

A. HAUER.

1ercing means, a box 7 ..-receiving member cons derably shorter than 45.the first mentioned member v 1 50 whereof, I have hereunto I

